John 1:30

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does John 1:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
John 1:30 — American Standard Version

Context — John 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“This is he, of whom it is said, etc.] Either the day before, as in (<430127>John 1:27), or some time before that, (<430115>John 1:15), when he first began to baptize, even before Christ came to be baptized by him, and before he personally knew him; (see <400311>Matthew 3:11,13). After me cometh a man; not a mere man, but the man God’s fellow: and this is said, not because he was now a grown man, or to show the truth of his human nature; but seems to be a common Hebraism, and is all one as if it had been said, “after me cometh one”, or a certain person: for the sense of this phrase, and what follows, see Gill “<430115>John 1:15”.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Joh 1:15, Joh 1:27; Luk 3:16 John 1:31”
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